"...Drawing on historical sources and up-to-the minute reports from Iraq and other hotspots around the globe, 'Contract Warriors' sheds light on the secret world of private military companies, the tens of billions of dollars they receive, their relationship with the international arms trade, and most important, the kind of men and women who offer their services." -- From the back cover.

"Alpha."

The business of war -- Colonel Tim Spicer, OBE -- Iraq : 2004 -- The distant past -- The origins of the modern contract warrior -- The modern age of war for hire -- The black ops world -- PMCs in Iraq [2004] -- Soldiers of fortune.